Adnan Syed, now 42, has maintained his innocence in the 1999 murder of Hae Min Lee, who was strangled to death and buried in a Baltimore park.
Syed, who was 17 at the time of the murder and has served more than 20 years in prison, will face a new trial or be freed if the court grants the request to have the conviction overturned.
Neither Syed’s current attorneys nor a spokesperson for the Baltimore County District Attorney’s Office were immediately available for comment.
In a court filing on Wednesday, prosecutors said evidence suggests two other possible suspects in the case may be involved in the woman’s death, according to the Wall Bourse Journal.
The Baltimore County Clerk’s Office was unable to immediately provide information on this document.
The new request is the result of a year-long review of the case. State investigators found new evidence as well as existing evidence that was never given to the defense.
State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby said Wednesday that investigators found traces of male DNA after testing swabs from Lee’s fingernails, shirt and nail clippings. These items were not tested in a separate investigation in 2018, CBS News Online reported.
“Having reviewed the evidence and new information on alternate suspects, it is our duty to ensure that justice is done,” Mosby told the Wall Bourse Journal.
The “Serial” podcast, produced by Chicago’s public radio station WBEZ, brought the case to the national stage in 2014.